RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT’s) chief Dr Tahir ul Qadri on Wednesday said that prime minister Nawaz Sharif has no moral high ground to stay in his office.

Addressing his party workers, he demanded immediate arrest of Nawaz Sharif and others nominated in the FIR following the directives of District and Sessions Judge Raja Jawad Abbas. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must resign from his office as he has been charged with a murder and attempt to murder,” he said.

He said that after the registration of FIR against the Prime Minister under section 302 and Terrorism Act during his tenure, “fifty to sixty percent targets of the Inqalab March have been achieved.”

Qadri said that South Korean Prime Minister resigned on April 16, 2014 over a passenger ferry tragedy, although he had no connection with 300 deaths but he resigned on moral grounds.

The PAT chief said that some 18 to 19 days ago, the Libyan Prime Minister resigned to end political crisis in their country.

Responding to the Prime Minister’s remarks that how he could resign when people have given him a mandate, Qadri said: “You [Nawaz Sharif] should resign from your post as police opened indiscriminate fire on innocent people in your residential area [Model Town] that continued for well over 12 hours. It resulted in the deaths of 14 people and injured to several others, but you [Nawaz] did not even allow registration of an FIR. He further said that on August 30 five people were killed and several other injured due to police teargas shelling in front of the parliament house.”

He also said: “you [Nawaz] should resign as thousands of people have become homeless due to floods because of incompetence of your government whereas over 4500 have been killed by terrorists in the last one year.”

Qadri also demanded that a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) team should be constituted to investigate Model Town and Islamabad shooting incidents.

Expressing anger over the rotten system of the country, he said the system should also be wrapped up along with the removal of Prime Minister and Chief Minister.

He said that majority of the opposition member of the parliament has criticized the government for the poor performance and an undemocratic attitude during the joint session of parliament. “Most of the opposition leaders in the parliament told the government that they have supported them to protect democracy,” he said. According to him, shows the opposition parties have indirectly supported PAT’s agenda.